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GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION REACHES OUT TO ALEPPO ARMENIANS
By Hagop Vartivarian
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/11/14/gulbenkian-foundation-reaches-out-to-aleppo-armenians/
NEW YORK - At a recent Board of Directors meeting, in New York,
Edward Gulbenkian Jr., the president of the Gullabi Gulbenkian
Foundation, announced that the maternity hospital in Aleppo, which
had been established by his family, will temporarily be used to help
the Armenian seniors of Aleppo.
Gulbenkian also made the following announcement on October 19:"For
decades, the Gullabi Gulbenkian Foundation, established in New York,
in general has supported the educational needs of Syrian Armenians
and especially the medical and health-related needs of the Aleppo
Armenians. The Verjin Gulbenkian Maternity of Nor Kyugh turned out to
be a blessing for the survivors of the Armenian Genocide, which kept
its doors open until recently, when because of the civil unrest in
Syria and the need of administrative reorganization, it was forced
to shut down its doors temporarily. But especially, because of the
ongoing fighting which now has reached to the Armenian sections of
Aleppo, and to give a safe refuge to the residence of the Armenian
Old Age Home, we kept the doors of our maternity hospital [open.]"
"In this way, the Gullabi Gulbenkian Foundation commits to reach out to
our elderly Aleppo Armenians and joins its efforts to the pan-Armenian
efforts, which are coming from Armenia and from each corner of the
Armenian Diaspora, to help our Syrian Armenian community. It is our
prayer that the interior political crisis end soon and the country
once again finds its peace and the Syrian Armenians return to their
exemplary glorious past, so that we in our turn, continue our mission
by reopening the maternity hospital for our expecting mothers."
Gulbenkian noted that henceforth, the director of the maternity
hospital will be Hovhanes Hovhanessian, from Aleppo.
Gullabi Gulbenkian, being impacted by the loss of his daughter during
childbirth, decided to establish the Verjin Gulbenkian Maternity
Hospital in 1935 to help other Armenian families avoid similar
suffering and loss. He also established two schools in Syria to meet
the demands of the Armenian community there.
By Hagop Vartivarian
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/11/14/gulbenkian-foundation-reaches-out-to-aleppo-armenians/
NEW YORK - At a recent Board of Directors meeting, in New York,
Edward Gulbenkian Jr., the president of the Gullabi Gulbenkian
Foundation, announced that the maternity hospital in Aleppo, which
had been established by his family, will temporarily be used to help
the Armenian seniors of Aleppo.
Gulbenkian also made the following announcement on October 19:"For
decades, the Gullabi Gulbenkian Foundation, established in New York,
in general has supported the educational needs of Syrian Armenians
and especially the medical and health-related needs of the Aleppo
Armenians. The Verjin Gulbenkian Maternity of Nor Kyugh turned out to
be a blessing for the survivors of the Armenian Genocide, which kept
its doors open until recently, when because of the civil unrest in
Syria and the need of administrative reorganization, it was forced
to shut down its doors temporarily. But especially, because of the
ongoing fighting which now has reached to the Armenian sections of
Aleppo, and to give a safe refuge to the residence of the Armenian
Old Age Home, we kept the doors of our maternity hospital [open.]"
"In this way, the Gullabi Gulbenkian Foundation commits to reach out to
our elderly Aleppo Armenians and joins its efforts to the pan-Armenian
efforts, which are coming from Armenia and from each corner of the
Armenian Diaspora, to help our Syrian Armenian community. It is our
prayer that the interior political crisis end soon and the country
once again finds its peace and the Syrian Armenians return to their
exemplary glorious past, so that we in our turn, continue our mission
by reopening the maternity hospital for our expecting mothers."
Gulbenkian noted that henceforth, the director of the maternity
hospital will be Hovhanes Hovhanessian, from Aleppo.
Gullabi Gulbenkian, being impacted by the loss of his daughter during
childbirth, decided to establish the Verjin Gulbenkian Maternity
Hospital in 1935 to help other Armenian families avoid similar
suffering and loss. He also established two schools in Syria to meet
the demands of the Armenian community there.